"Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying stage and the final both were held on the second day of the track and field competition, on Saturday November 24, 1956. The number one qualifier was Henryk Grabowski, but he was unable to produce similar results in the final. The world record was not in the discussion, with world record holder Jesse Owens sitting in the stands more than 21 years after he had jumped 8.13m. Owens also"
"Luz Long Carl Ludwig ""Luz"" Long (27 April 1913 – 14 July 1943) was a German Olympic long-jumper, notable for winning the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for giving technical advice to his competitor, Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the long jump . Luz Long won the German long jump championship six times in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939. Long was killed in action serving in the German Army during World War II. Long studied law at the University of Leipzig, where in 1936"
"Olympic finalists who failed to win medals comprised the top three – all of them American. Fred Englehardt won with 6.82 m, Gilbert Van Cleve was runner-up with a mark of 6.53 m, and John Hagerman took third, recording 6.53 m. The corresponding handicaps are not known. These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the long jump or the athletics programme in general. Consequently, medals from these competitions have not been assigned to nations on the all-time medal tables. Long jump at the Olympics The long jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among"
"he is played by David Kross. Luz Long Carl Ludwig ""Luz"" Long (27 April 1913 – 14 July 1943) was a German Olympic long-jumper, notable for winning the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for giving technical advice to his competitor, Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the long jump . Luz Long won the German long jump championship six times in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939. Long was killed in action serving in the German Army during World War II. Long studied law at the"
"Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, one individual ski jumping event was contested. It was held on Sunday, February 16, 1936. The competition took place at ""Olympiaschanze"" with a K-point of 80 metres. It started at 11 a.m.. The weather conditions were good with temperatures between 0° to 3° Celsius and no wind. The 80 metres were not reached due to difficult snow conditions, so the winner's lengths were 74.5 meters and 75 meters respectively. The second placed Sven Eriksson was able to stand 76 metres twice. In the second run Shinji Tatsuta reached"
"he again won the long jump competition, beating the world record holder, Peter O'Connor. The only judge for the competition was Matthew Halpin, who was manager of the American team. O'Connor protested, but was overruled. He continued to protest Halpin's decisions through the remainder of the competition. The distances were not announced until the end of the competition. When they were, Prinstein had won with his very first jump. Prinstein did not compete in the Olympics after 1906. He practiced law in Jamaica, Queens, and later became a businessman. He died in 1925 at age 46 of a heart ailment"
"1936 NCAA Track and Field Championships The 1936 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the 15th NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1936. The University of Southern California won the team championship. Athletes from 32 universities and colleges participated in the event. For the second consecutive year, Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-meter sprint, the 200-meter sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles and the broad jump (now called the long jump). Owens accounted for more than half of Ohio State's points (40 of 73) in"
"straight win made him the most successful high jumper in the competition's history. Kenkichi Oshima's triple jump win completed Japan's unbeaten streak in the event. The minor medallists in that event, Naoto Tajima and Masao Harada, were the top two in the long jump here and took gold and silver in the triple jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics two years later. Two other Far Eastern champions took later medals at that Olympics: Miguel White in the 400 m hurdles and Sueo Ōe in the pole vault. Athletics at the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games At the 1934 Far Eastern"
"Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups, and the final held on August 6, 1984. While criticized in the media, Carl Lewis had the event won with his first and only attempt. The rest was just a formality as he relaxed and watched the best in the world take their best shots. But none could come within a foot of Lewis and he could"
"vault competition had the highest quality of any in the world yet; Graber broke both the amateur world record of Lee Barnes and the unofficial professional record of Charles Hoff, while Miller equaled the Barnes record. Four vaulters (Jefferson, Don Zimmerman, Fred Sturdy and Bud Deacon) cleared 13 ft in; the third and final Olympic spot was decided by a jump-off, in which Jefferson prevailed. The United States dominated pole vault at the time; that the Americans only won gold (Miller) and bronze (Jefferson) at the Olympics was seen as a disappointment. In the long jump (then still usually called"
"United States came second with 7.72 m (85 cm handicap). Sources differ as to whether the third-place finisher William Percy Remington (who was fourth in the main Olympic event) or Thaddeus McClain (seventh in the Olympic long jump). Two professionals-only contests were held in 1900. Mike Sweeney of the United States won with 5.995 m. Another American, Otto Bruno Schoenfeld, was second in 5.60 m, while Frenchman Jules Bouchoux came third in 5.55 m. A handicap professional contest was also held but the results have not been located. The handicap event returned at the 1904 Summer Olympics and the three"
"the three heats advanced to the final round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place between August 2 and August 4. The final was won by American John Woodruff. With all runners starting from a crouch position, in the middle of the straightaway, the only returning medalist from 1932, Phil Edwards rushed to the lead. Down the backstretch he was joined by John Woodruff. For the second day in a row, the Nazi home crowd was seeing two"
"was a spectator at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome when Boston took the gold medal in the long jump. The long-jump victory is documented, along with many other 1936 events, in the 1938 film ""Olympia"" by Leni Riefenstahl. On August 1, 1936, Hitler shook hands with the German victors only and then left the stadium. International Olympic Committee president Henri de Baillet-Latour insisted that Hitler greet every medalist or none at all. Hitler opted for the latter and skipped all further medal presentations. Owens first competed on Day 2 (August 2), running in the first (10:30 a.m.) and second"
"Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place in early August. The final was won by American Archie Williams. The fastest three runners in each of the eight heats advanced to the quarterfinal round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Heat four Heat five Heat six Heat seven Heat eight The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Heat four The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to"
"Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place between August 4 and August 5. The final was won by American Jesse Owens. The fastest three runners in each of the eight heats advanced to the quarterfinal round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Heat four Heat five Heat six Heat seven Heat eight The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Heat four The fastest three runners in each of the two"
"United States' 1936 Olympic team, but at the Olympic Trials he only cleared 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), again placing shared fourth and missing out. The top two - Johnson and Dave Albritton - both sailed over 6 ft in (2.07 m), breaking Marty's world record. The American team of Johnson, Albritton and Delos Thurber went on to sweep the Olympic medals. Marty used the high jump technique known as the Western roll, pioneered in the early 1910s by George Horine and Edward Beeson. At the time, there were two main jumping styles; Marty (and other west coast jumpers,"
"place in the Olympic final (2:22.6e) was a surprise. The high jump title was decided in a jump-off; Wiley, who went on to win bronze in Amsterdam, defeated newcomer Shiley by clearing 4 ft in (1.52 m) a second time. Reichardt, the discus champion, had not competed since 1926 but made a comeback for the Olympics; the American record in this event was relatively easy to break, as in previous years American meets had used a heavier imperial discus. Cartwright won two more national titles in the 50-yard dash and the long jump; she might have scored even more points,"
"Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump These are the official results of the men's long jump athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 54 competitors, with one non-starter. Carl Lewis was on the edge of making history, to equal the unique accomplishment of Al Oerter by winning four Olympic championships in the same event. However, now 35 years old, he was comparatively quite old for a sprinter-long jumper. Lewis barely made it to the Olympics, only finishing third at the 1996 Olympic Trials behind world record holder Mike"
"gold medals in its brief history. From 1900 to 1912 a variation of the event was contested at the Olympics where athletes had to long jump from a standing position. This was one of three standing jumps to have featured on the Olympic programme, alongside the standing high jump (present for the same period) and the standing triple jump (1900 and 1904 only). The standing jump competitions were dominated by Ray Ewry, who won the Olympic standing long jump titles in 1900, 1904 and 1908. His clearance of at the 1904 Olympics remained as the Olympic record for the event"
"a distance of 13.365 meters with Myer Prinstein once again winning the gold medal and Fred Englehardt taking silver. Robert Stangland Robert Stangland (""Robert Sedgwick Stangland;"" October 5, 1881 – December 15, 1953) was an American athlete who competed in the early twentieth century in the long jump and the triple jump. He was born in Kendall, New York. Stangland won two bronze medals in athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics at the age of 22. In the long jump Stangland won the bronze medal with a jump of 6.88 meters, finishing behind gold medalist Myer Prinstein and Daniel Frank"
"the final round. Heat one Heat two Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place in early August. The final was won by American Archie Williams. The fastest three runners in each of the eight heats advanced to the quarterfinal round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Heat four Heat five Heat six Heat seven Heat eight The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Heat four The fastest three runners in"
"this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon. Continuing its presence since the first Olympics, a men's long jump event was contested at the 1906 Games. The two protagonists were Myer Prinstein (the 1904 champion) and Peter O'Connor (the world record holder). Prinstein won with his opening jump of . O'Connor was runner-up in but protested the measuring of Prinstein's mark and the judgement of"
"Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place between August 2 and August 4. The final was won by American John Woodruff. With all runners starting from a crouch position, in the middle of the straightaway, the only returning medalist from 1932, Phil Edwards rushed to the lead. Down the backstretch he was joined by John Woodruff. For the second day in a row, the Nazi home crowd was seeing two black North Americans leading a final after Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe winning the"
"third places, and 5 non-podium finishes. He won second in the 1931 AAA Championships and placed first in that competition in 1938. He placed fifth at the 1934 European Championships in Torino, with a mark of 7.12 meters. He won a silver medal in the 1938 Championships in Paris, with a mark of 7.61 meters, although an unofficial winning mark of 7.78 meters was supposedly not counted due to a judge's mistake. He tied for fourth in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, with a mark of 7.73 meters. He first set the Italian long jump record on 19 May"
"Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on August 9. The United States team of Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff won in a world record time of 39.8. Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, the only two Jews on the U.S. Olympic team, were originally slated to compete in the American relay team but were unexpectedly replaced by Owens and Metcalfe. The fastest two teams in each of the three heats advanced to the finals Key: DSQ ="
"Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump The Men's long jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 21 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. American athlete Jerome Biffle won the gold medal. George Brown came into the Olympics having been the best long jumper in the world for the previous 3 years and the third man to jump 8 meters ever. But Brown's 41 competition win streak ended at the US Olympic Trials, where he barely qualified for Helsinki. In wet conditions, everyone was having trouble with their run up. In the first round Meredith"
"Sam Stoller Sam Stoller (August 8, 1915 – May 29, 1985) was an American sprinter and long jumper who tied the world record in the 60-yard dash in 1936. He is best known for his exclusion from the American 4 × 100 relay team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, triggering widespread speculation that he and Marty Glickman, the only two Jews on the U.S. track team, were excluded because U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Avery Brundage wanted to avoid embarrassing Adolf Hitler by having two Jewish athletes win gold medals. Stoller vowed at the time that he would never"
"in seventh to that point, Mitchell Watt did Claye one centimeter better in the fifth round, then improving another three centimeters on his final jump to solidify his hold on the silver medal. Rutherford's gold medal was the second of three gold medals in one evening for the host country, their most successful day in Olympic history. Rutherford's winning jump of 8.31 was the shortest jump to win the Olympics men's long jump competition since the 1972 Summer Olympics. The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made"
"Herb Douglas Herbert Paul Douglas Jr. (born March 9, 1922) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He represented the U.S. in that event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the bronze medal. Competition in the long jump was particularly keen at the London Games. Willie Steel of the United States won the gold medal at 25' 8""; Australia's Theo Bruce came in second, taking the silver medal at 24' 9.5"". Herb Douglas captured the bronze with a jump of 24' 9"", and Lorenzo Wright of the United States ended up fourth"
"great individuals."" In 2007, Stoller was posthumously awarded the ""Pillar of Achievement"" award by the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Sam Stoller Sam Stoller (August 8, 1915 – May 29, 1985) was an American sprinter and long jumper who tied the world record in the 60-yard dash in 1936. He is best known for his exclusion from the American 4 × 100 relay team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, triggering widespread speculation that he and Marty Glickman, the only two Jews on the U.S. track team, were excluded because U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Avery Brundage wanted to"
"Basil Dickinson John Basil Charles Dickinson (25 April 1915 – 7 October 2013) was an Australian athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Born in Queanbeyan, Dickinson attended Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1932. At the 1936 Summer Olympics he struggled with an injury; after finishing 16th in the triple jump he withdrew from the long jump. Dickinson won the Australian title in the triple jump in 1934 and 1936–37. At the 1938 Empire Games he earned bronze medals in both the long jump and triple jump, and in 1939 he won the New South Wales"
"and Wushu. The ten nations that won most medals at the 1936 Games. Germany had a prosperous year in the equestrian events, winning individual and team gold in all three disciplines, as well as individual silver in dressage. In the cycling match sprint finals, the German Toni Merkens fouled Arie van Vliet of the Netherlands. Instead of being disqualified, he was fined 100 ℛℳ and kept his gold. German gymnasts Konrad Frey and Alfred Schwarzmann both won three gold medals. American Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events. His German competitor Luz Long offered"
"World War II. Wilhelm Leichum Wilhelm Leichum (May 12, 1911, Neu-Isenburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse – July 19, 1941, Gorky) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the long jump and 100 metres. Leichum was born in Hesse. He competed for Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Erich Borchmeyer, Erwin Gillmeister and Gerd Hornberger. He was also 4th in the long jump. He was European Champion in the long jump both in 1934 and 1938. He was killed"